diff --git a/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py b/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
index d4c7ad2848..bc38f17679 100644
--- a/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
+++ b/django/contrib/admin/views/main.py
@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ def delete_stage(request, app_label, model_name, object_id):
 
     # Populate deleted_objects, a data structure of all related objects that
     # will also be deleted.
-    deleted_objects = [u'%s: <a href="../../%s/">%s</a>' % (force_unicode(capfirst(opts.verbose_name)), object_id, escape(obj)), []]
+    deleted_objects = [u'%s: <a href="../../%s/">%s</a>' % (force_unicode(capfirst(opts.verbose_name)), force_unicode(object_id), escape(obj)), []]
     perms_needed = sets.Set()
     _get_deleted_objects(deleted_objects, perms_needed, request.user, obj, opts, 1)